The Knights came out with a vengeance in the second shift with a goal from Cody Freakin Eakin at just 58 seconds in, that was assisted by Max Pacioretty. A minute 29 later, Colin Miller was called for a slashing and one minute into the PK Engelland was called for delay of game; giving the Sharks a 3 on 5 power play. As the Colin Miller slashing penalty expired, Eric Karlsson gave away the puck to Colin Miller which lead to an odd man rush in which Miller needed no help putting the biscuit in the basket, which gave the Knights a 2-0 lead 4 minutes and 37 seconds into the game. The Knights killed off Engellands penalty with a couple of great saves by MAF and great goal-saving block by McNabb. Less then 1 minute after the PK, the Knights Paul Stastny assisted Patches for the goal to go up 3-0. Jones was chased out of the game only 6 minutes and 39 seconds in. Labanc was called for charging on Schmidt. The Sharks were called on another penalty for a delay of game just over a minute into the Knights power play giving the Knights a 5 on 3 power play. The 5 on 3 would come up short and the 5 on 4 was cut short by a light crosschecking penalty evening things up to a 4 on 4 play. With 4 seconds left in the 4 on 4 play Logan Couture scored the Sharks first goal of the game assisted by Pavelski and Erik Karlsson. 39 seconds later, the Sharks on the PP made the game 2-3 with a goal deflected in by Hertl and assisted by Erik Karlsson and Logan Couture. Karlsson and Couture both registering their 2nd points of the game. Exactly a minute and a half later the Sharks tied things 3 all with goal from Joe Thornton assisted by Dillon and Kane. The Knights finished the period with 5 penalties to the Sharks 3 giving the Sharks special teams the opportunity to shift momentum and get things tied up. The Knights, even though they gave up 3 goals, looked good on defensive play with 12 blocked shots to the Sharks 4. The Knights had 9 SOG to the Sharks 12. Both teams with 11 hits. The Knights had 1 takeaway to the Sharks 4 and giveaways the Knights 3 to the Sharks 2.
The Sharks came out ready to go as Burns put the puck in the net. The goal was called off right away called as Couture made contact with MAF. Couture was boxed for goalie interference and the Knights went on the power play. 40 seconds into the PP, the Knights Mark Stone got his 3rd PP goal of the playoffs. Stone was assisted by Tuch and Stastny. The Knights Alex Tuch was called for a hooking call that put the Sharks on the PP. The Knights killed it off and also got a couple of good short handed looks. Later in the period the Sharks dumped the puck into the zone and the puck caught Schmidts stick and went out of play. Schmidt was called the delay game as the puck goes off his stick in the defensive end and the Sharks again go on the PP for the 6th of the night. The Knights had their 5th PP of night leaving the Sharks 1 for 6 with the man advantage. The Knights and the Sharks both had 10 shots in the period. The Knights had 5 blocked shots to the Sharks 4. The Knights got 3 takeaways to the Sharks 2 and the Sharks had 5 giveaways and the Knights with none. The Sharks had 20 hits and the Knights 15.
The 3rd started off with the Sharks getting 4 shots on goal in the first 5 minutes and the Knights 0. Meier got a break on goal between defensive men and Shea Theodore was called for hooking putting the 7th power play of the night! It was the 8th penalty for the Knights. About a minute 3 through the PK the Knights Schmidt blocked a shot by Thornton. Schmidt gained possession passing off to Smith who passed out to Wild Bill on the break to score the 2nd Short handed goal of the night putting the Knights up 5-3. The Knights did not get another shot on goal for almost 7 minutes and they blocked shot after shot playing great defense against the Sharks. With 4:14 left in the game Nosek was called for interference giving the Sharks their 9th chance on the power play. With 3:25 left in the game, the Sharks called a time out with 1:09 on the power play. Dell was pulled leaving the net empty making it 6 on 4. The Knights killed off the penalty leaving it 6 on 5. The Knights got the win but as time expired Pavelski hit Mark Stone and right after Kane laid into Stone also and thing got physical with both teams throwing some punches and tying each other up setting up a heated battle for game 3 on Sunday at the Fortress. The Knights had only 4 shots on goal and the Sharks had 15. The Knights put together 9 blocked shots and the Sharks with 4 in the period The Knights had 3 takeaways to the Sharks 2 and the Knights had 5 giveaways to the Sharks 4. The Sharks had 15 hits in the period and the Knights had only 5.
3 STARS OF THE KNIGHT
1st STAR: Marc Andre Fleury 24 Saves .919 save%
2nd STAR: Logan Couture 1 Goal & Assist
3rd STAR: Paul Stastny 2 Assists
WINNER OF A BACKRUB FROM MAF FOR SAVING
Brayden McNabb
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